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I Found Goffman Talented, Original, Rewarding To Read, But Basically Problematic, Victor Lidz
I Found Goffman Talented, Original, Rewarding To Read, But Basically Problematic, Victor Lidz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Victor Lidz, Professor of Sociology at the Hahnemann University, wrote this memoir at the invitation of Dmitri Shalin and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Having Been Goffman's Student I Am Drawn To Voltaire’S Dictum, "To The Living We Owe Respect, To The Dead We Owe Only The Truth", Sherri Cavan
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Sherri Cavan, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the San Francisco State University, was recorded over the phone on November 30, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Cavan edited the transcripts and gave her approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Eviatar Zerubavel About Erving Goffman Entitled "Studying With Erving Goffman", Eviatar Zerubavel
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Eviatar Zerubavel About Erving Goffman Entitled "Studying With Erving Goffman", Eviatar Zerubavel
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Eviatar Zerubavel, Board of Governors Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, was recorded on August 2, 2008, during the ASA meeting in Boston. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Zerubavel corrected the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Remembering Gregory Stone, David Franks
Remembering Gregory Stone, David Franks
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with David Franks, professor emeritus of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, was recorded at the ASA meeting in Boston on August 2, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Franks corrected the transcripts and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Rodney Stark About Erving Goffman Entitled "Goffman Was Trying To Get Away With The Descriptions Of Those Fairly Sane People As He Laid Out His Notion Of Mental Illness", Rodney Stark
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Rodney Stark, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and Co- Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, was recorded over the phone on November 25, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Stark edited the transcripts and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Then Maurice Janowitz Came Over And Said To Goffman, “Cut It Out, Erving”, Jeffrey Goldfarb
Then Maurice Janowitz Came Over And Said To Goffman, “Cut It Out, Erving”, Jeffrey Goldfarb
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Jeffrey Goldfarb, professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research, was recorded at the ASA meeting in Boston on August 3, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Goldfarb corrected the transcripts and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.
Losing Erv, I Recognized, Would Be A Severe Blow To The Department, Charles Glock
Losing Erv, I Recognized, Would Be A Severe Blow To The Department, Charles Glock
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Charles Glock is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He chaired the department in 1968-1969 and 1970-1972. Herbert Blumer chaired the department in 1952-1958 and 1969-1970. Erving Goffman taught at Berkeley in 1958-1968. Dr. Glock gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives
"Erving Needs A Pee. . . ", Robert Dingwall
"Erving Needs A Pee. . . ", Robert Dingwall
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director of the Institute for Science and Society at the University of Nottingham, was recorded on August 3, 2008, during the ADSA meeting in Boston. A group of sociologists assembled in the hallway was reminiscing about Goffman when Robert Dingwall volunteered this story and agreed to have it recorded. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Dingwall corrected the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The …
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Calvin Morrill About Erving Goffman Entitled "Turns Out Goffman Had Been Observing Students The Whole Time And Used The Notes He Had Taken While Observing Their Behavior", Calvin Morrill
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Calvin Morrill, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, was recorded on August 3, 2008, during the ASA meeting in Boston. A group of sociologists assembled in the hallway was reminiscing about Goffman when Calvin Morrill volunteered this story and agreed to have it recorded. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Morrill corrected the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text …
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Gary T. Marx About Erving Goffman Entitled "Marx-Shalin Exchange On The Goffman Project", Gary T. Marx, Dmitri N. Shalin
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Gary T. Marx About Erving Goffman Entitled "Marx-Shalin Exchange On The Goffman Project", Gary T. Marx, Dmitri N. Shalin
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
The following email exchange between Dmitri Shalin and Gary T. Marx, Professor Emeritus of sociology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, took place between August 27, 2008, and October 16, 2008. The exchange was occasioned by Shalin’s paper “Goffman’s Biography and Interaction Order: A Study in Biocritical Hermeneutics.” The original text is in black, Marx’s comments are marked red, and Shalin’s response is in blue.
Goffman Was By Far The Smartest, Most Interesting, Complex, Though, At Times, Snide Or Disparaging Individual I Have Ever Known, John Irwin
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. John Irwin, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the San Francisco State Unvirersity, gave his approval for posting this memoir in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Goffman Told Me, "It Is Really Hard To Do That Kind Of Thing Well," And That Was About All The Advice I Ever Got From Him, Joel Best
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Joel Best was recorded on August 13, 2007, during the ASA Annual meeting in New York. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the audio recording and Joel Best edited the text and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information appears in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened a bit in several places.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Vladmir Shlapentokh About Erving Goffman Entitled "The Pen Of A Genius Is Mightier Than The Writer Himself", Vladmir Shlapentokh
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Vladmir Shlapentokh About Erving Goffman Entitled "The Pen Of A Genius Is Mightier Than The Writer Himself", Vladmir Shlapentokh
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Vladimir Shlapentokh, professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, East Lansing, was recorded on July 3, 2008. Dr. Shlapentokh recounts his meeting with Erving Goffman that took place in 1979 at Erving’s home in Philadelphia. Dmitri Shalin transcribed and translated into English the Russian notes taken over the phone, after which Dr. Shlapentokh made corrections to the following transcripts and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. The interviewer’s questions are shortened a bit in several places.